Logistics industry: fulfillment methods for multiple channels U.S. 2021

This statistic depicts the share of warehousing and logistics providers in the United States who service multiple market channels between 2015 and 2021, broken down by fulfillment method. During the 2021 survey, 41 percent of respondents stated that they self-distribute from one main distribution center.

Fulfillment methods used by warehousing and logistics providers in the United States from 2015 to 2021

Characteristic	Self-distributed from one main distribution center	Self-distributed with separate distribution centers for different channels	Use a 3PL for all channels	Use a 3PL for e-commerce and our own distribution center for other channels	Use our retail store for e-commerce and our own distribution center for other channels	Other	Do not service multiple channels/ only service one channel
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Release date

November 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 to 2021

Number of respondents

144 respondents

Special properties

professionals in logistics and warehouse operations management across multiple industries.

Supplementary notes

Method of survey not stated by the source.
Some values were not available for all years.
Values prior to 2020 were taken from previous editions.
2015 and 2016 baselines not provided by the source.
2017 baseline: 300
2018 baseline: 138
2019 baseline: 146
2020 baseline: 122

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